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Pygmalion (1938)

He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!

96 minComedyDramaRomance
TMDb7.0/10163 votes

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard

Cast

Leslie Howard as Henry Higgins

Leslie Howard

Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle

Wendy Hiller

Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson as Alfred Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson

Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr as Mrs. Higgins

Marie Lohr

Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland as Colonel George Pickering

Scott Sunderland

Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell as Mrs. Pearce

Jean Cadell

Mrs. Pearce

David Tree as Freddy Eynsford-Hill

David Tree

Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath as Clara Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath

Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy as Count Aristid Karpathy

Esme Percy

Count Aristid Karpathy

Violet Vanbrugh as Ambassadress

Violet Vanbrugh

Ambassadress

Irene Browne as Duchess

Irene Browne

Duchess

Kate Cutler as Grand Old Lady

Kate Cutler

Grand Old Lady

O.B. Clarence as Mr. Birchwood

O.B. Clarence

Mr. Birchwood

Keywords

Plot:betprofessorbathtransformationteaetiquetteelocutionbased on play or musicalteacherteacher student relationshiphigh societyguttersnipepygmalionflower vendorsocial classclass systemsocial receptionmother son relationshipspeech lessonstaken for grantedphoneticsquick learner

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